Trump Asks Supreme Court to Restore Voter Database
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to reinstate a controversial citizenship records system his administration has sought to wield for.
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Trump says firefighters carried him from 9/11 site; records do not show he was there
President Donald Trump told a story this week that cannot be checked against any public record.
Read the full story →The White House Shared a Map That Crossed Out New Mexico
The White House reposted an image that crossed out the word Mexico in New Mexico and replaced it with America.
Read the full story →Ballots Are in the Mail, and the Clock Is Ticking
Ballots are already in the mail in two swing states, and the window to change how they move is closing fast.
Read the full story →Trump Floats 'New America' After Renaming Lake Ontario
President Donald Trump has suggested renaming the state of New Mexico to "New America," days after he signed an executive order changing Lake Ontario to "Lake.
Read the full story →Free Tickets Now Fill Seats GOP Lawmakers Skipped
The Republican Party is giving away free tickets to Donald Trump's midterm convention after lawmakers and candidates stayed away.
Read the full story →Trump Threatens $5 Billion Suit Over National Guard Report
President Donald Trump is threatening to sue the Center for American Progress for $5 billion over a report that found his National Guard deployments did not.
Read the full story →Elon Musk's Money Arrives for Ken Paxton in Texas
Elon Musk's super PAC has begun spending to help Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, a move that could shift a contest Republicans have watched with growing.
Read the full story →Former Fetterman Staffers Promise More on X
Former staff members for John Fetterman launched an X account promising damaging revelations well beyond The Wall Street Journal report.
Read the full story →Turning Point Grows Without Charlie Kirk
Turning Point USA now has more chapters, more donors, and more staff than it did when Charlie Kirk was alive.
Read the full story →Marcus Coleman Says No One Called After His Daughter’s Crash
Marcus Coleman told Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill that none of them had reached out after his daughter’s life-changing crash.
Read the full story →Ty Cobb Says Trump Plans to Steal Midterms
Ty Cobb, a former White House lawyer for President Trump, said on MS NOW that Trump intends "to steal these elections where possible." The remark landed on a.
Read the full story →Trump Ties Trade Threats to Fed Rates After Jobs Surge
President Trump said he would stop trading with countries that run trade deficits with the United States unless the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates.
Read the full story →Susan Collins Says She Won't Bring Up Troy Jackson's Second Cousin
Susan Collins just told a reporter she will not bring up the fact that Troy Jackson fathered two children with his second cousin.
Read the full story →AOC Laughed When Asked If She'd Date a Conservative
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laughed when TMZ asked if she'd date a conservative.
Read the full story →Four MAGA defectors say they were addicted to fear and rage
Leaving MAGA now offers a place to land for people who walked away from Donald Trump's movement.
Read the full story →Democrats Block Vote That Would Lock In Supreme Court
The Democratic-led Senate voted against confirming a new conservative justice nominated by the Republican president.
Read the full story →The Navy Changed 85% of Its “Proven” Frigate
The first Constellation frigate is now due in 2029, three years later than planned. The delay is only one part of the problem.
Read the full story →Trump says he backs expedited legal pathways for Jewish Canadians
The risk to Jewish Canadians is not theoretical.
Read the full story →ICE accuse stirs anger that cannot be ignored
The accusation lands first, not the context. Danbury, Connecticut, is a quiet place where a school bus stop should feel safe.
Read the full story →Carville just warned of a Democratic Party reckoning in 2028
Carville’s warning, as it has been framed publicly, centers on the fear of a larger ideological clash inside the party over where it should land by 2028.
Read the full story →Clarence Thomas Trust Erodes as Clyburn Says Support Was a Mistake
The admission lands in a quiet room with a soft sigh and a long pause after. James Clyburn says supporting Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court was a mistake.
Read the full story →Ed Markey asks Massachusetts Democrats for six more years at 80
Running for office again is never just about time. It is about what you ask the voter to risk, and what story you tell about why the risk is worth it.
Read the full story →Supreme Court stopped Trump from disrupting mail voting ahead of 2026
Mail voting is how a lot of people get their ballots in on time. It is how a working parent does not have to find time off.
Read the full story →Undermined by geography and law
Hector “Alessandro” Negrete moved to Guadalajara, Mexico, nine months ago.
Read the full story →Kaepernick's Quiet Return Voices a Real Question
Colin Kaepernick took a knee during NFL games to protest racism and police brutality. His protest caused significant damage to his NFL career and finances.
Read the full story →Yiannopoulos deported, faces fear and remorse over Trump support
Milo Yiannopoulos was deported from the United States after being detained by ICE.
Read the full story →Supreme Court sends Michigan back to the ballot proposal drawing board
A citizen-only voting ballot proposal in Michigan already missed its moment on the Nov. 3 ballot. Now the U.S.
Read the full story →Clyburn calls backing Clarence Thomas a mistake
Rep. Jim Clyburn says he was wrong to support Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court in 1991.
Read the full story →Michigan's Arab Voters Turn From Trump
The Arab American community in Michigan helped Donald Trump carry the state in 2024.
Read the full story →Trump Calls Lake Ontario 'Lake America' After SNL-Style Diss
Donald Trump flew into a Truth Social meltdown after a top Canadian politician delivered a withering Saturday Night Live diss.
Read the full story →California Lawmaker Sues Over Newsom's 'Stop Nick Shirley Act'
Assemblyman Carl DeMaio is preparing a lawsuit against Governor Gavin Newsom's new California law, a measure critics call the "Stop Nick Shirley Act." The law.
Read the full story →Scott Bessent keeps getting blamed for tariffs, sanctions, and the debt
Trying to manage tariffs is hard enough when markets are calm.
Read the full story →Hochul’s 287(g) ban could mean more ICE in local life
A warning from the Department of Homeland Security is now hanging over a decision that was sold as a clear break from a federal immigration program.
Read the full story →Republicans see Talarico’s ads as a late threat to the Senate race
Democrat James Talarico is dominating the airwaves in the race against Ken Paxton for the open Senate seat.
Read the full story →Trump is already shopping for a midterms scapegoat
Losing an election is not a small thing when the person in charge is Donald Trump.
Read the full story →Immigrant visa applications are halted, and families feel it first
A life plan can fit in a folder. A birth certificate. A marriage paper.
Read the full story →AOC’s DSA return lands right before 2028 chatter
The facts we do have are narrow. Ocasio-Cortez rejoined the Democratic Socialists of America after her membership lapsed in 2019.
Read the full story →63% of Americans worry socialism or communism is growing
A lot of American voters heard the word socialism or communism and felt their stomach tighten.
Read the full story →Mark Gordon wants an inquiry into DOJ monitors calling it “aggressive”
That sequence matters, even if the underlying facts are still disputed.
Read the full story →Trump hush money move blocked in federal court
A federal judge denied President Donald Trump’s request to move his New York state criminal hush money case to federal court.
Read the full story →Dana Nessel says Democrats could push Jewish voters out
Antisemitism is already the kind of label that sticks.
Read the full story →Arrest threats for election officials hang over the midterms
The warning to states sounds simple on paper, but it carries heavy weight in practice.
Read the full story →Deporting people to the Central African Republic puts families at risk
A deportation policy that pushes people to the Central African Republic raises a question that won’t go away once you see it in black and white. The U.S.
Read the full story →Trump’s endorsement sits on the line in Tuesday’s GOP runoffs in SC and OK
I had the same first reaction a lot of people do when I read something like this.
Read the full story →Supreme Court lets Trump mail voting limits move closer to midterms
Mail-in voting is supposed to be a safety valve for people who cannot make it to a polling place on a single day.
Read the full story →Canada’s 50 Percent Tariffs Hit U.S. Goods
Canada announced duties of up to 50% on some 700 U.S. products. The new tariffs will target U.S.
Read the full story →Trump’s endorsed candidates won runoffs in South Carolina and Oklahoma
On Tuesday, Trump-endorsed Republicans won decisive GOP runoffs in South Carolina and Oklahoma, with victories that will matter once the race shifts from.
Read the full story →Obama Calls Both Michigan Senate Candidates
President Obama called both Senate candidates in Michigan. Not just the winner. Both of them.
Read the full story →Bulldozers Stop at Big Bend After Bipartisan Outcry
The bulldozers have stopped at Big Bend National Park. For now.
Read the full story →Mike Lindell Still Won't Concede After Every Vote Is Counted
Mike Lindell said he would not concede his primary loss until all the votes were counted. They are all counted now. He still has not conceded.
Read the full story →The Groceries Trump Promised to Lower Are Haunting Republicans
The tables held milk and eggs and cereal boxes, arranged like props in a school play about economics.
Read the full story →Industry Groups Warn Trump Immigration Crackdown Undercuts Agenda
The people who build our homes and harvest our food are telling the White House that the immigration crackdown is hurting the economy and undercutting.
Read the full story →Iran Says U.S. Lost. Trump Says Pay More at the Pump.
The average price for a gallon of gas hit $4.11 last Friday. That is nearly a dollar more than a year ago. It is the highest August price on record.
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